Module 10 Videos Flashcards
Microblog initially 140 characters –has now doubled…..talk of allowing more characters per tweet
- Stagnant growth past few years, approx. 330 Million MAU
- Interactive culture of “following” and engagement: great for contests, events & promotions
- Many influencers in politics, sports, technology and business use Twitter
Proven Uses for Twitter in Marketing/Sales
Already discussed user name- handle (@ibm), hashtags #.
RT is a re-tweet –when you share with your followers something someone else tweeted
Quickly Gain Insight: audience is quick to tell companies if they like an idea or not. Virtual focus group
Live Tweet events like a sale/celebrity visit using a specially created event hashtag #TED22
Alert your followers to promotions, clearance sales, giveaways or news announcements
Twitter ad objectives and targeting
Tailored audiences— targeting using your own contact lists, usernames, visitors to web or mobile app who then go to Twitter
Google+: Reasons for Failure
One would have to have inside knowledge from Google but probably a combination of factors
No major differentiating feature vs. Facebook- weak positioning
Lack of focus, no upper management buy-in and few resources compared to other ventures
Late entrant-never caught up…Metcalfe’s Law basically says the value of a network grows the more people connected to your network (e.g., every time you double the number of active users on your network, you quadruple the networks value)
Late to make it mobile centered
Some Google properties just not well designed and often aside from technical talent poor managerial, usability and product mgt. talent e.g., the 2016-18 redesign of Google
Ads was very poorly done
Google Business account
Google Business account
Google Business is not for social media purposes like posts–that was done in Google+, this is more of a directory and with SEO benefits
Create account at Google.com/business
Use important keywords in your profile description
Enter hours, location and encourage reviews
Showcase your expertise by being in the Expert section and an active member of groups or create your own group
• 500+ million users (100M in the US); 250M MAU’s
globally
• Professional networking- stronger for B2B
• Recommendationsand endorsements
• Gain and impart knowledge
• Used a lot in B2B for “Social selling” (not ecommerce)
• Company page, Groups and Self service ads
Blog
CMS where entries (blog posts) are typically displayed in reverse chronological order -allows for comments on blog posts
A typical blog features
text, images, and links to other blogs and Web sites related to the topic of the blog
The power of blogs:
– Especially strong for B2B and B2C where strong consideration/involvement
– Target Influencers & showcase expertise
– Best social media platform for SEO especially if integrated into your main domain page vs. a stand-alone separate website
Podcasts
A digital audio that can be played online or downloaded from the Internet
__ people in the US listen to podcasts monthly & __ on a weekly basis
67M
42M
Podcasts have __ growth, but…
stagnant
a group of hardcore users, those who listen weekly subscribe on average to 6 podcasts; 2/3 listened to it on a mobile device
Benefits of Podcasting
Another content format option but which has its own unique traits
Great for educational, motivational, interviews or seminars–people can listen to while driving, exercising, etc.
Aside from the topic and voice-the format length is key-experiment with 10 vs. 15 vs. 30-minute podcasts
Can be used in B2C and B2B, no need to pay ad rates
Technical aspects of Podcasting
You can put the audio file on your website but it’s usually a huge file (e.g. 500 MBs)
Best to use a podcast host and have an embedded url on your site, audio can be played from your website but the audio file is actually with a podcast host to avoid slow page loads, monthly charges ~$5-20month
Voice is everything, invest in high quality mic and headphones- research them
Can be put on I-Tunes but not hosted it’s a directory which is important as key discovery place
Podcast analytics
Provided by most podcast hosts even by directories (iTunes)
- Which podcasts are trending
- Location of your listeners
- Day & time listened
- What portions users play over and over
- What they skipped
- When they paused or stopped
What is Social TV?
“ … when watching TV people share (primarily on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook) their thoughts & opinions about what they’re viewing and if a device or app to “check-in” to shows
- Some companies are trying to leverage this behavior by offering remotes with social connectivity or have created a downloadable app
- So far not much traction-string of failures such as GetGlue-users will just do directly on social app (e.g., Facebook)
Four Things Social TV can do:
Increase ratings (a little) ↑ buzz leads to ↑ ratings (especially for pilots and finales)
Make TV interactive–Trivia, polls, reactions
Engage consumers beyond the broadcast window
Provide new ‘hooks’ for marketers–Display in-scene product info
70%+ of TV’s sold are
Smart TV’s- internet connection-ioT
“Addressable” TV
automated content recognition (ACR)-an opt-in identification technology embedded in smart TVs that allows content to be recognized by video, audio, or watermark cues and matched back to a source database for reference and verification.